Ear Care Workshop for Nurses and AHPs

Develop safe practice in diagnostic and examination skills for ear care in an area that attracts a high level of litigation. Includes an hands on workshop in ear irrigation (syringing).

Course Content

• Review of anatomy and physiology

• Examination of the ear using an otoscope

• Common ear problems:-

  • foreign bodies

  • earache

  • infection

  • earwax blockage (cerumen impaction)

• Ear irrigation (formally known as Ear Syringing)

• Risk assessment

• Practical workshop

• Complications

Aims and Outcomes

• Be able to correctly use an otoscope for examining the ear.

• Identify common minor ear abnormalities and ailments.

• Understand treatment of minor ear problems using best practice rationales.

• Correctly irrigate an ear for cerumen impaction and be aware of the complications.

Cost Of Course

£170.00

How to apply for funding and apply for this course

Please complete the MS Form available at the following link: HWE Training Hub Funding Request Form (office.com)

The Training Hub will review and approve the course funding - however, it is your responsibility to book your place on the course you wish to attend. We will review and respond to applications in order of the course date (soonest courses first) and date received. If you have any questions, please contact us at hwetraininghub@nhs.net.

Once the Training Hub has approved your funding request, we will contact you with instructions on how to book your place on the course. When you have booked, please send us your booking confirmation to complete the process. Your booking confirmation must be received by the Training Hub within 1 week of your funding approval. If your booking confirmation is not received within a week of your request for funding being approved, your approval will no longer be valid and you will need to complete a new funding request form, via the MS Forms link. We will notify you if we have withdrawn your funding request.

(The short timeline is due to courses frequently becoming unavailable due to popularity.)

Course booking link

Ear Care Workshop for Nurses and AHPs | M&K Update (mkupdate.co.uk)